Myrtle Grove vs Ogden

A side-by-side comparison of Myrtle Grove and Ogden: population, income, housing, and more.

Myrtle Grove and Ogden are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Myrtle Grove has the higher population (12,404 vs 8,363 in Ogden). Myrtle Grove has the higher median household income ($112,139 vs $111,461 in Ogden). Ogden has the higher median home value ($431,000 vs $398,600 in Myrtle Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Myrtle Grove	Ogden
Population	12,404	8,363
Median age	41.7 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$112,139	$111,461
Median home value	$398,600	$431,000
Median gross rent	$1,523	$2,143
Housing units	4,995	3,422
Homeownership rate	82.8%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myrtle Grove	Ogden
Population	10,753 → 12,404 (+15.4%)	8,408 → 8,363 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$78,000 → $112,139 (+43.8%)	$95,425 → $111,461 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$280,500 → $398,600 (+42.1%)	$331,300 → $431,000 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,180 → $1,523 (+29.1%)	$1,140 → $2,143 (+88.0%)

Myrtle Grove

Population

10,75312,404

Median household income

$78,000$112,139

Median home value

$280,500$398,600

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,523

Ogden

Population

8,4088,363

Median household income

$95,425$111,461

Median home value

$331,300$431,000

Median gross rent

$1,140$2,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Myrtle Grove	Ogden
Under 5	6.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.2%
35 to 44	17.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	15.2%
75 and over	6.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myrtle Grove	Ogden
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	89.0%
Black or African American	5.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myrtle Grove	Ogden
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	15.1%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myrtle Grove	Ogden
Drove alone	74.1%	66.3%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	25.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myrtle Grove	Ogden
1-unit, detached	89.2%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Myrtle Grove	Ogden
Poverty rate	5.9%	3.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1997	1994